RAYNE 28, LEESVILLE 7

At Leesville High School, Friday (Nov. 18th), District 3-A game playoffs

Records: Rayne 9-2; Leesville 10-2

HOW THE GAME WAS WON

The Rayne Wolves started the game on a rampage, as they scored back-to-back touchdowns against Leesville in the beginning of the first quarter. The Wolves dominated the first quarter with an incredible rushing game, giving Leesville fewer opportunities to intercept a pass. The Rayne defense gave Leesville no room to make a touchdown, ending the first quarter, 14-0.

In the first half, the Leesville offense continued to struggle as their quarterback Chris Vargas kept forcing incomplete passes by overthrowing the ball. Rayne played an aggressive and quick defense as they continued to stop the Wampus Cats at every turn. The Wampus Cats had a hard time at stopping Rayne's running back Trent Winbush, as it took half the team to take him down.

Rayne's defense continued to shut down the Wampus Cats, as each pass was either swatted away or almost intercepted. At the end of the second quarter, Winbush intercepted the pass, giving the Wolves an early advantage in the third quarter.

In the second half, the Leesville defense stepped up their game, as they forced the Wolves to lose valuable yardage and make a few incomplete passes. The Wampus Cats fought hard to reach Wolves territory as running back D'ante Gallashaw made the team's first touchdown of the night.

Unfortunately, Leesville took a critical hit in the third quarter, when quarterback Mackenzie Jackson went down on the field and was taken to the hospital. The Leesville Wampus Cats continued to soldier on as they fought their way into the Wolves' territory, only for the quarterback to make an incomplete pass in the end zone.

Leesville made a valiant effort to get back in the game, but the Rayne defense kept swatting away their passes, making it hard for them to make any successful offensive plays. The Wampus Cats' numerous incomplete passes and fumble turnovers cost them the game.

GAME NOTES

Rayne's Trent Winbush was averaging 12 yards per carry.

The Rayne Wolves had numerous penalties called against them, making them lose valuable yardage and make unnecessary turnovers.

In the first half, the Wolves had 225 rushing yards and Leesville had 10 rushing yards.

Line Score

Rayne 14 7 0 7

Leesville 0 0 7 0

First Quarter

R-Darien Harmon 14 run (kick good)

R-Trent Winbush 36 run (kick good)

Second Quarter

R-Johnny Deculit 1 run (kick good)

Third Quarter

L-D'ante Gallashaw 2 run (kick good)

Fourth Quarter

R-Damien Richard 15 yd pass to Marlon Foreman (kick good)

QUOTABLES

Rayne coach Curt Ware on winning the game: "Anytime you win the playoffs, you gotta be real happy. We played real well in the first half offensively and we continued to play real hard on defense. They averaged about 40 to 50 points a game, so to hold them to 7 points, that's saying something."

Rayne running back Trent Winbush on team's performance: "They are a great team. We played them early in the season. They got a good defense. They kinda held on us on offense, but defensively, we stood our ground."